Description

Students in the AMIDEAST Education Abroad Program in Amman carry a 17 credit hour course load per semester. All students enroll in Arabic and three other courses from offerings in Middle East and North African studies in a variety of disciplines taught in English. In addition to academics, our students benefit from an on-site orientation, opportunity to live with a Jordanian family, structured ways to meet local students, and organized excursions to mind-blowing locations around Jordan. AMIDEAST prioritizes the high quality instruction of both Modern Standard Arabic and Jordanian colloquial to beginning through advanced speakers of Arabic. Students also select from a variety of English-taught courses focused on the Middle East and North Africa.

Students enrolled in AMIDEAST’s Education Abroad Program in Amman will have opportunities to study fascinating Middle East topics in a program based at AMIDEAST’s facilities in Amman’s Abdoun district. AMIDEAST Education Abroad Program courses in Amman are taught by a select group of Jordanian professors from a variety of institutions in and around Amman. These lecturers possess a strong instructional experience in English-speaking environments. All faculty members have received post-graduate degrees from North American or European universities, or have spent considerable time at English-medium institutions as students, faculty members, visiting faculty or visiting researchers.

Subject Areas

• Arabic
• Middle Eastern Studies

Cost in US$:

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Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

American, European, Australian and Canadian Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Home-stays
• Apartment/Flat

Typically The Application Process Time is

1 month

AMIDEAST's Mission Statement

America-Mideast Educational and Training Services, Inc. (AMIDEAST), founded in 1951, is a private, nonprofit organization that strengthens mutual understanding and cooperation between Americans and the people of the Middle East and North Africa. AMIDEAST has been involved with Education Abroad Programs since the mid-1980s. AMIDEAST Education Abroad Programs are student-centered and structured to maximize students' Arabic language acquisition, development of their knowledge of the host country and region through exposure to the host culture, and development of their intercultural sensitivity and global competence.

Year Founded

1951